The purpose of this Special Notice to Notice ID: 36C10B22Q0027 is to advise interested parties that VA shall solicit this effort under the General Service Administration (GSA) Alliant 2 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle as a Fair Opportunity. It is anticipated the Request for Proposal will be released with the next 2 weeks via GSA eBuy. The following are Questions that were received from industry and the Government s responses to each pertaining to the proposed VA Human Capital IT Modernization effort: Q1: Is the posting of an RFI on Alliant-2 just an additional form of market research, or has the government determined the acquisition strategy will be Alliant-2 for the solicitation as well? Just curious, as during the industry day, the government stated that T4NG was not likely to be used, but no mention of Alliant-2 or other vehicles. A1: The acquisition strategy is not yet approved. T4NG will not be the vehicle used. The RFI on Alliant 2 was for additional market research. Q2: Since the RFI deadline has passed, would the government accept RFI submissions late? A2: No, the RFI submission period has ended. Q3: With the Q&A stating that O&M will be separated out, does IBM getting the O&M impact the timeline for this acquisition? A3: VA is tracking right now for a release of the solicitation sometime in June. Q4: Will the government be doing 1-1 meeting with vendors following industry day and the RFI process? A4: No, VA does not intend to hold 1-1 meetings. **UPDATE** BE ADVISED: the Government is removing O&M from the VA Human Capital IT Modernization effort. Attached are the Questions from Industry with Government Responses. Attached is VA HCM Modernization Industry Day 2022 PowerPoint Slides from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VA Human Capital IT Modernization Virtual Industry Day that was held on March 09, 2022. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hosting a Virtual Industry Day event scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, 2022 from 12:00 PM through 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and will be held online through Microsoft Teams. VA is going to modernize and implement a cloud-based Enterprise Human Capital Management Platform in accordance with the Federal Human Capital Business Reference Model and VA Office of Information & Technology Veterans Integration Program . The Center for Enterprise Human Resources Information Services (CEHRIS) seeks an Enterprise HCM platform that improves upon current HR and Administrations (HR&A)/ Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP) capabilities and achieves all and/or many key leading practices pertinent to HR&A/OSP management. See attached Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and associated attachments for additional information. The goal of this Virtual Industry Day is to provide information about the requirement and to obtain industry s insights and ideas on how VA can achieve the goals and requirements stated above and in the attached Draft PWS. Participants are highly encouraged to come prepared and to ask questions. Participants are limited to three (3) invites per company and shall pre-register with their intent to participate in the VA Human Capital IT Modernization Virtual Industry Day event by no later than 5PM Eastern Standard Time on Friday, March 4, 2022 to William Waterhouse via email
[email protected]. The VA Human Capital IT Modernization Virtual Industry Day Point of Contact for registration is William Waterhouse, Contract Specialist, contacted via email
[email protected] . There is no cost to attend this Virtual Industry Day event or to view the live video stream; however, pre-registration is required. The link for this Virtual Industry Day event will be made available a few days prior to the event. Event agenda and other applicable documentation will be provided to each registered participant prior to this Virtual Industry Day event. This Virtual Industry Day event is not mandatory to compete for this or subsequent requirements. It is being provided for informational and market research purposes. Various VA members will attend this Virtual Industry Day event to further discussion and field questions, as appropriate. BE ADVISED: The VA Human Capital IT Modernization Virtual Industry Day will be recorded. Questions related to the Draft PWS for the VA Human Capital IT Modernization Virtual Industry Day shall be emailed in advance to William Waterhouse via email
[email protected] The cut-off time and date for questions to be received shall be 5 PM Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday February 23, 2022. All subsequent updates and additional information will be uploaded to CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES. Your response to this industry day will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this Industry Day. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this Industry Day.